It’s been a long road, getting from November 2015 to this week’s first reveal of live-action footage from Star Trek: Discovery – and now that we’ve finally gotten a look at the show, it’s time to break down what we saw and highlight some of the details that you may have missed!
We’ve got over 100 screencaps of the trailer up in our Discovery gallery, and below we’ve picked out some of the most interesting and intriguing moments from the short amount of footage released by CBS.
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The crew and allies of the USS Shenzhou:
First officer Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green).A young Michael Burnham, studying under Sarek, on Vulcan (?).Captain Philippa Georgiou. (Michelle Yeoh)Ensign Connor. (Sam Vartholomeos)Lieutenant Saru, “biologically purposed… to sense the coming of death.” (Doug Jones)Two alien members of the Shenzhou crew (blue alien played by Jimmy Chimarios).A uniformed crewmember – either robotic in nature, or wearing an advanced helmet.Federation Ambassador Sarek. (James Frain)
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The starship USS Shenzou itself:
Capable of atmospheric flight, similar to the NX-01 and USS Franklin.Registry number: NCC-1227.The Shenzhou at high warp (bottom); this view is quite similar to the NX-01’s profile (top).A corridor inside the ship’s primary hull.The Shenzhou’s bridge (top), reminiscent of the USS Kelvin’s bridge (bottom) from the 2009 ‘Trek’ film.The Shenzhou’s bridge appears to be located on the underside of the primary hull.
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The state of Starfleet uniforms and technology:
Command in gold/blue; sciences in silver/blue; operations in copper/blue.Rank signified by notation on the uniform insignia.A version of the well-known Starfleet Command logo appears on multiple technologies.Burnham in a fully-functional thruster suit, off to check out the Klingon vessel.Burnham in some kind of medical or stasis chamber.The Shenzhou’s transporter includes a digital ‘grid’ effect in dematerialization.Flip communicators are present and accounted for.The Shenzhou’s viewescreen is a true window and includes holographic capabilities – spotting the Klingon ship.A look at the Shenzhou’s tactical display……and a sensor display swarming with Klingon warp signatures.Sarek appears to Burnham via hologram.
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The Klingons – and yes, they are Klingons – also take their place as the series’ adversaries:
Klingon leader T’Kuvma. (Chris Obi)Other Klingons in T’Kuvma’s circle.An ancient Klingon sarcophagus floats through the ship.A fierce, armored warrior – perhaps from inside that sarcophagus.Burnham faces the warrior on the hull of the Klingon vessel.The Klingons scream to warn Sto-vo-kor that a warrior is on the way.
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An away mission to a desert world:
Georgiou and Burnham trudge through the desert to a beam-out point.The wild skyline of the desolate planet.An alien resident of the desert world.Georgiou calls for beam-out.
Surprisingly, we haven’t yet seen any sign of the actual USS Discovery starship yet, nor cast members Jason Isaacs, Anthony Rapp, or any of the other crew from that vessel.
That could simply be due to the filming timeline – meaning that there’s no meaningful footage yet available for that area of the story – or that the Discovery side of things is a major plot point that CBS isn’t yet ready to share.
Keep coming back to TrekCore as we continue to follow Star Trek: Discovery news as it breaks… and let us know your thoughts — or point out anything we missed! — in the comments below!
